I rode my bicycle to school one day when I was 15 years old. Technically it was illegal, as I had to ride over a bridge where it’s illegal for bicycles or pedestrians.
Exactly. You can’t legally cross the freeway bridges in my area unless you’re in a vehicle. Which makes it legally impossible to get from the north side of the city to the south side of the city, unless you’re either in a vehicle, or you break the law.
The bridges in my area that go over the freeway do technically allow for bikes and they even have a painted lane, but it feels horrible biking there with cars going past at 80km/h in a lane skinnier than my bike handlebars.
In my area, the bridges are the freeway, running over rivers. So, there ain’t much option, unless you dare challenge the law, just to get to the other side of town. If you don’t have a motor vehicle anyways…
A joint study released by York University, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto cites dangerous drop-offs on the opposite side of the road, cars stopped blocking traffic and double parking as cause for concern regarding the rise in collisions
We observed that in 88 per cent of the schools that we went to look at and with each additional behaviour it put kids at a 45 per cent increased risk of having a pedestrian collision
Of course the best mitigation measure:
If you can, walk your kids to school. Let your kids walk to school. The more kids walk, the fewer cars, the less chance of one of them being hit by those cars
I find it interesting that the same people who say college is too expensive to publicly fund will support these programs where some K-12 tuition is as much or more than college tuition
If people are driving in circles in the already-super-congested Manhattan traffic instead of going somewhere and parking, then yes, they shouldn’t be doing that.
The government has the power to make changes. When there are solutions available that benefit everyone, going with a punitive alternative that does not address the fundamental issue is bad policy.
We should instead ask why people are choosing cars over public transport, then address those issues. The number of cars are only a symptom of the problem.
There are lots of answers to that, but the basic one is that we’ve allowed too many cars into a space which can’t handle them. A congestion fee changes that, by actively discouraging them.
They’re not going, we need to do so much more then push but many of us are too scared (which i understand) or are subservient to the system that perpetuates those that are leading the climate crisis.
That actually sounds good, I just dont know how they will spread salt periodically over the millions of square kms needed to make a difference on the Pacific’s albedo without a huge carbon footprint.
In a similar thread years ago there was a recommendation for Exofficio brand which I bought a few of to try out and have since replaced all of my underwear with. Their boxer briefs are fantastic.
I’ve gone with MeUndies after a sponsor spot in a YouTube video that was actually good. They do tons, like TONS of different designs. Pricey, but made extremely well. Plus, all of the packaging is recyclable.
They also have a subscription model that’s literally just pairs for a discount monthly, and you can select a random design.
Been using me undies myself for just over 6 years. Theyre started to break down over the last year. One complaint i have is the purple lining they use for the elastic seems to leave a mark around my waist. I’ve been waring them inside out to accomidate.
I’ll be trying some lttstore undies soon. Hopefully theyre similar quality but slightly longer lasting.
Personally, I’ve been a fan of saxx. Expensive, but I’ll try and get a new pair if I see them for half off.
To be honest, for everyday wear, I’ve got cheap costco brand underwear that’s lasted me probably 200 wears. I only use non-cotton underwear for athletic activities, though, so that cuts down on a lot of wear and tear.
I’ve heard good things about Duluth trading company, but never tried them.
Because we’re being wise enough to question if this might have unintended consequences. For example, it might just shift the problem elsewhere and cause more severe draughts for someone else. Just a hypothetical to point out why people might not be immediately onboard with this.
Tho, fun fact, California has been doing this kind of stuff since at least the 60’s. It’s called cloud seeding and we’ve had numerous programs running. They just never got much attention. But technically, the chem trails conspiracy is based in a bit of truth. It’s just not every airplane, but it’s happening. A quick Google search will give you tons of government pages about it. It’s not a secret.
It’s starting. We’re not even into summer yet. And next year will be worse, and the year after that will be worse than that, with no particular safety measure or merciful limit.
And even when it reaches a protein-denaturing threshold and people start dying for real, by the thousands or more, we'll still be burning gasoline, setting new records for "production."
If Im not mistaken, Delhi’s hottest month isn’t in peak summer but in May and June, so now. As the climate is largly influenced by the monsoon season.
Next year also doesn’t necessarily need to be worse, now going from an el niño into a la niña makes that somewhat unlikely, although regional differences will probably make some places worse, compared to this year.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but people may be already dying by the thousands. Isn’t it rather difficult for a doctor to point down the reason of death to heat?
If not next year, it will get worse rather quick, that’s for sure. Much, much worse.
And the title is hilarious. What should we call balls this size?? We don’t have a name for it! We need a new name for it!!
Imagine if hurricanes had different names for different speeds instead of Cat N. This is a horse speed hurricane. This is a cheetah speed hurricane. This one is 2.5 bullet train hurricane.
Especially in Texas, grapefruit is the largest citrus crop in the state and so very large grapefruit are regularly available. Also DVD are very thin and light which makes my immediate reaction that these are less dangerous hail somehow.
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